I did this in personal, social, health and economic class at school, so thought it would be same in all schools?
At school, we were more likely to learn how to give teachers heart attacks than help them if they had one... All kids should learn basic first aid at school in dedicated lessons. Its good for society, its good for employers and its good for individuals.
I only did it in D of E. Had to save the life of a doll with no arms or legs. Think she was called "Resusci-Annie'. Disappointingly, she didn't come back to life.
Resusci-Annie was famously mentioned in the chorus of the Michael Jackson song "Smooth Criminal"... "Annie, are you ok? Are you ok, Annie?"
I think it's a decent idea, although CPR should be taught to everybody at school with occasional refreshers through life. My suggestion for the driving test should be that every 10 years after you get your full license, you should have a written test based on the highway code. Everybody should at least read it every few years.
How do you CPR whilst driving ? It’s bad enough waiting for the tap on the windscreen to do an emergency stop ( if they still do that )
I think its a good idea for everyone to have basic CPR training every so often - not sure why you would link it to a driving test though so I dont think thats a good idea
It's to hope the incident doesn't happen on a Smart Motorway...the only one stopping to do CPR will be the driver of the vehicle that runs into the back of you.
You are statistically half as likely to be killed or seriously injured on a smart motorway than a normal one - making them the safest roads in the country.
That is completely untrue according to National Highways own 2023 report...and fits into the lies, damned lies and statistics bracket. To get the figure you quote ( no offence, I'm not blaming you)...they have included stretches of Smart Motorways that still have a hard shoulder...if you take the hard shoulder stretches out of the figures the number of people killed on Smart Motorways was 3x higher than those with one. From the BBC '' Are smart motorways dangerous? Motorways in general account for far fewer casualties than rural or urban roads. And National Highways, which manages England's motorways, says the latest data shows that "smart motorways are our safest roads". However, the removal of the hard shoulder on some smart motorways has concerned critics. If a vehicle breaks down, or if there is an accident, vehicles can be left stranded and emergency services may struggle to get through. National Highways' latest figures suggest that if you break down on a smart motorway without a hard shoulder you are three times more likely to be killed or seriously injured than on one with a hard shoulder.''